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A hot cup of spite, rising robusta prices, and a Starbucks barista competition—except without unionized baristas. News for the week of Feb. 12th.

What Ironman thinks about coffee and new insights on green coffee prices—here's the news for the week of February 5th.

Are oat milk surcharges discriminatory? A lawsuit filed against Dunkin’ thinks so. Plus, the most complete coffee genome sequencing yet, and an alternative to cold brew pasteurization. ‘All Arabica Coffee is Genetically Similar: How…

Farmers fight coffee counterfeiting with fingerprints. Plus, an anti-caffeine subreddit wants you to give up your morning brew.

Want to use the bathroom? That’ll be $5. Plus, Starbucks faces a lawsuit over its ‘ethical’ sourcing practices, and Korea’s booming coffee industry attracts big international brands. ‘Starbucks Sued for Allegedly Using Coffee from…

Coffee is a cut-throat business. It's a new year—here's the coffee news for the week of January 8th, 2024.

A tumultuous year for coffee farmers, acquisitions, and the coffee labor movement: welcome to the Fresh Cup 2023 Year in Review.

A list of the must-read articles from Fresh Cup from 2023, according to our readers. 

2023 was a year full of important articles and critical storytelling here at Fresh Cup—here's a sampling of the best articles of the year.

Scientists go public on beanless coffee, the US no longer the branded coffee shop capital of the world—coffee news for the week of Dec. 18th.